§ Mr. Howeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many taxpayers were prosecuted for non-payment or avoidance of Income Tax during the last year for which figures were available;
(2) how many taxpayers prosecuted during the last year for which figures are available for non-payment or avoidance of Income Tax were convicted; and how many such convicted taxpayers were imprisoned, fined or otherwise dealt with.
§ Mr. MacDermotThe latest published figures for persons convicted and acquitted for offences relating to taxation are those for the year 1963–64 given in Table 10 of the 107th Report of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue (Cmnd. 2572). An analysis of the sentences imposed by the Courts is not available.